Monday, November 07, 2011

Compression socks: love 'em or leave 'em

Last week on Twitter the topic of compression socks came up. This is one piece of gear that I don't own yet. I get the stink eye from my husband for regular running socks, I can't imagine the looks I'd get I wandering around in compression socks.

As my mileage ramps up for the Cayman Islands Half Marathon, I can't help but wonder if they'd help with faster recovery. I ran a record (for me) 30K yesterday and have the standard DOMS aches so I skipped tonight's 5 miles that I'd hoped to run.

What do you think? Are compression socks a good investment in running gear?

1 comments:

Krissy said...

I don't know how much is mental, but I feel like they definitely help with recovery, I have two pair - one CES and one Zensah.